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elegize
el·e·gize
/
ˈɛl
ɪˌdʒaɪz
/
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[
el
-i-jahyz
]
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verb,
el·e·gized,
el·e·giz·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to lament in or as if in an
elegy
.
verb (used without object)
2.
to compose an
elegy
.
Also,
especially British,
el·e·gise.
Origin:
1695–1705;
eleg(y)
+
-ize
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elegize
or
elegise
(ˈɛlɪˌdʒaɪz)
—
vb
1.
to compose an elegy or elegies (in memory of)
2.
(
intr
) to write elegiacally
elegise
or
elegise
—
vb
'elegist
or
elegise
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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